Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-01-11
where Is Ii To stop.

There 10 nobody vino objects to the
granting Of q, 900 pension to tn.
widow vi GsIerat Logan. IL anybody
deserves it she docs. bat the question
Ii, where ia tits granting Of pensions
TO step Nj? Thers are hundreds, yes,
thousands, OF nerlsorions widoWs u
the country whose husbands have rem
dered great services 10 their country,
Who are AZ much entitled 70 psnsisns
% the widows Of General Logan, Gen
eral v. p. Blair sad General Hancock.
II Congress ecumcnces to give out
pensions indiscriminately to the wife
Of every GeaeIai thai dies, why not
che vile Of every Colonel and % on
down throuFh the catalogue Of military
tficers? Ii Congress commences 10
give pensioss to every mesitorious case
where distinguished services we're rem.
dered, Why not pension the widows OF
Senators, Cnngrrssmen and other Gov
>Enuent e1asiAls? where In the line
70 10 crawl; wnero Is Congress 20 stop
Ut? The government has boon very
munihcent In the pousioning Of her
soldiers; no government on the fsce ~
shs earth takes better care OF the Wild
ows and children Of her soldiers, aud
we'll may sne pause before going 30 far
that she will not be able TO extricate
herself from an impending difficulty.
Great Britain has had . bitter expert
eaee In this respect She began oen-
fury ago penst0n,ng iiiustrtous citizens
and their families and has paid out
many millions of pounds on thAt &C.
count. In reosnt years edorts have
been made to got rid OF the system and
. good many perpetual pensions have
been committed by the payment Of Q
large lump sum. IT 10 cate 10 say thA,
no new name will be placed upon the
perpetusi pension rolls Of G toat Britain.
IL 10 hard to see how our government
Dan pension the widow Of Genera
Logan consistently without COINS
back and psosioping TIE widow o.
every other General that has died sinc,
the var ended A special beast OF sul
melton IL that We have ne privileged
classes. but II the government keeps OF
. favored class will be- bsilt rp. Attel
all, these special pensions are more o
sentiment shan any thipg else. Mrs
Logon was not deetitRte. While bel
Doele husband might have made him
self worth millions with the opportu
miles he had, &c Ia still said TO hay,
been worth fifty thousand dollas,
when he died. This would leave
widew no mean support, but when ",
take into consideration that the peopl,
OF the country, rs grateful tribute o
InUA md Al fnr tia a.
GeDefal Logan have raised hnndret
thousApd dollsts for the use of ih
widow, We mus come to the con cl usior
that the muniaoence Of the govern men
was entirely sCpeih aous OF oours,
this &C ion OF thu government is kind 5
meant, bat how Can 1t refuse q passion
20 the widow Of the next General tha
dies without having TO face the chtrE
of Inconsistency? Even when TIN
proposition to pension Mrs. Logan va
going Though the genate, Advant2g,
was taken OF 1. by Senator VII,
moved 10 decrease tbs pension OF tn
widow OF General +. Z. Blair from ST.
hundred up TO two thonsaud dollsrs
There was 10 opposition to the increas'
OF the Blair pension, how could Their,
be any? Had a Senator moved to pen
sion tie wives OF all deceased General
TO the amount OF two Thousand dol.srs
how could the proposition have beer
opposed with sng degree OF consistency
L. is very clear thas Congress will b,
compelled to take some action upol
this subject, and either discontinue
giving special pensions or drav q lin,
beyond which is cannot 60.